Fun Fact: Airplane Survivor Juliane Koepcke

Fun facts about airplanes

A woman named Juliane Koepcke was the sole survivor of the 1971 LANSA Flight 508 plane crash. She fell 3,000 meters (10,000 ft) while strapped to her seat after her plane was struck by lightning. Other passengers survived this way too, but they landed in the Amazon rainforest and Koepcke was the only one rescued in time.

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  1. Christine's avatar Christine says:

    wow

  2. Emmylou's avatar Emmylou says:

    Oh wow! Talk about lucky! But too bad she was the only survivor:(

  3. Sandra Cox's avatar Sandra Cox says:

    Wow.

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